Amatec

What Amatec does

Amatec is a pre-seed/seed stage deep-tech construction materials startup that has developed a proprietary High-Density Gypsum (HDG) material, which is 1.5-2 times denser than conventional gypsum and reportedly stronger than ordinary concrete. The company transforms industrial gypsum waste into a building material capable of serving as a structural alternative to the construction industry's traditional Big 4 materials (concrete, wood, masonry, steel), with claimed advantages including 20-30 minute hardening times, 30%+ cost reduction versus conventional construction, and 3-5x lower carbon emissions per square foot. R&D has been ongoing since 2014, with the company formally registered in 2021 and led by CEO Igor Stavrulov and COO Mohsen Zehtabchian.

Amatec's commercial offering combines HDG material, proprietary casting technology that can produce a complete prefabricated 1,300 sq ft house kit in 12-16 hours for 1-2 day on-site assembly, and a customer-facing design software that uses AI-based algorithms to validate customized house designs before production. The company operates a Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) business model, selling custom prefabricated house sets directly to individual home buyers, with housing developers/builders and sustainability-focused organizations identified as secondary segments. A second revenue stream is envisioned through licensing royalties of the HDG material and manufacturing process to third-party builders. Material characteristics have been verified by industry leaders KNAUF and Saint-Gobain, and the company has received the Solar Impulse Foundation Efficient Solution Label.

The company is pre-revenue with no commercial customers to date. Total disclosed funding since inception is approximately $640,000 across angel, accelerator, and state-grant rounds (notably SOSV HAX in 2023, NYSERDA in 2023, and NJEDA in 2024), supplemented by over $500,000 in co-founder personal investment. Headcount remains at 1-10 employees, and the first commercial pilot house planned for 2022 has not yet translated into disclosed sales. Operational presence spans the United States (Newark/NYC) and Canada (North York, Toronto).

Name

Amatec

Legal name

AMATEC

Website

https://amatec-corp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Amatec is a pre-seed/seed deep-tech startup developing proprietary High-Density Gypsum (HDG) building material that is stronger than ordinary concrete, selling custom prefabricated house kits direct-to-consumer for sustainable, low-cost housing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Construction Materials

NAICS

Gypsum Product Manufacturing (327420)

SIC

Concrete, Gypsum & Plaster Products (3270), Mobile Homes (2451)

akta.pro primary industry

Gypsum Board & Drywall Panels (IMADAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

ADU Modular/Prefab ADU Procurement & Installation (HSAPAMAL)

Keywords

• Sustainable construction materials
• Prefabricated housing
• Gypsum building technology
• Advanced building materials
• Green construction solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Newark

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Prefabricated House Sales: Direct sale of custom-made, ready-to-assemble house sets to consumers. The D2C model facilitates quick access to consumers and increases feasibility of the go-to-market strategy. Houses are manufactured using the high-density gypsum technology and assembled on-site within 1-2 days.
2. Licensing Royalties: Technology licensing potential for the high-density gypsum material and manufacturing processes to other builders and construction companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Amatec develops and manufactures High-Density Gypsum (HDG), a proprietary building material that is 1.5–2 times denser than conventional gypsum and stronger than ordinary concrete. The company pairs this material with automated casting technology and AI-based design software to produce and sell custom, ready-to-assemble prefabricated house sets directly to consumers, with on-site assembly completed in 1–2 days.

Product overview

Amatec operates as a deep tech startup offering a unified platform centered around High-Density Gypsum technology. The core product is a proprietary high-density gypsum building material that outperforms traditional construction materials (concrete, wood, masonry, steel) in strength, speed, cost, and sustainability. This material is paired with advanced casting technology for automated manufacturing of prefabricated house components. The company also offers proprietary design software enabling customers to customize houses in real-time with AI-validated design verification. The complete offering is a D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) model where customers purchase fully customized, prefabricated house sets that can be assembled on-site within 1-2 days. The product portfolio consists of the core High-Density Gypsum material, the casting/manufacturing technology, design software, and the finished house sets themselves.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High-Density Gypsum Building Material

Quantifiable outcome

• 20-30 minutes hardening time vs. 10-100x longer for concrete
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gotham FoundrycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2025Gotham Foundry is a sustainable materials innovation hub that opened in September 2025 with $45 million in funding. AMATEC participated in Gotham Foundry's inaugural Advanced Materials Pitch Competition. Note: This is a news article about Gotham Foundry hosting a competition; AMATEC may have been among participants or winners.
• KNAUFcoreTechnology or IntegrationKNAUF, a leading global manufacturer of building materials, verified and validated AMATEC's high-density gypsum material characteristics, providing third-party credibility for the technology.
• Saint-GobaincoreTechnology or IntegrationSaint-Gobain, another major building materials company, verified AMATEC's high-density gypsum material, confirming its technical characteristics and quality.
• RBS (Rapid Building Systems)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloping partnership with RBS (Rapid Building Systems), one of the few companies worldwide that utilizes gypsum in construction on a grand scale. Partnership focused on collaboration in gypsum-based construction technology.
• HolcimminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHolcim (formerly LafargeHolcim) recommended AMATEC for participation in the Solar Impulse Foundation's Innovators E-Coaching program, which led to receiving the Efficient Solution Label.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Boxabl: Boxabl builds factory-prefabricated houses that ship as foldable kits for rapid on-site assembly using a D2C/sales-list model. Highly comparable to Amatec's prefab HDG house sets delivered for 1-2 day on-site assembly.
• Mighty Buildings: Mighty Buildings uses proprietary composite materials and automated factory production to deliver 3D-printed prefab homes with sustainability claims. Directly comparable alternative-material prefab homebuilder targeting similar D2C and developer customers.
• ICON: ICON develops advanced construction materials (including proprietary concrete/mortar blends) and robotic printing systems to deliver low-cost, sustainable housing. Directly comparable in pursuing tech-enabled, lower-carbon factory-to-site home delivery.
• Plant Prefab: Plant Prefab operates a sustainable prefabricated home factory producing custom, energy-efficient homes with a software-driven design platform. Mirrors Amatec's material + automation + software D2C approach in prefab custom homes.
• Cover: Cover designs and installs prefabricated backyard ADUs and small homes using proprietary software for design and quoting. Strongly comparable as a software-enabled, factory-built housing company targeting similar residential customers.

Emerging players

• CarbonCure Technologies: CarbonCure injects captured CO2 into concrete mixes to reduce cement's carbon footprint, commercializing alternative-material tech with the construction industry. Closely comparable as a sustainability-focused construction-materials innovator targeting incumbent builders.
• BioMASON: BioMASON grows biocement-based masonry bricks using microorganisms, commercializing low-carbon alternative building materials. Comparable as an alternative cementitious/gypsum material innovator with sustainability positioning analogous to HDG.

Broad incumbents

• Knauf: Knauf is one of the world's largest gypsum and building-materials manufacturers with full drywall/gypsum product lines globally. Already a stated validator of Amatec's HDG and a logical incumbent competitor or licensing partner.
• Saint-Gobain: Saint-Gobain is a global building-materials conglomerate with leading gypsum and insulation product lines (including CertainTeed). Has independently verified Amatec's HDG material and is the most strategically comparable incumbent.
• USG Corporation: USG (now part of Knauf) is a major North American gypsum board, ceiling, and specialty building-products manufacturer. Direct incumbent in the gypsum product category Amatec is disrupting with high-density structural gypsum.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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